first of all - welcome to the guild, secondly - I'm guessing IT is still heavily "man dominated" (for now) but I know that in Denmark the "high school?" (gymnasium - after 9-10 years in school) has way more than 50% girls...
and I haven't actually any idea who is male or female inhere - I know someone had a "mom" in her name... so.. but other than that - no idea... for instance - Giddes reply in top surprised me (programmer really? *lol*) ... I'll better start minding my language *lol*